Listen! 'Tis Spring!
Sitting on grass, of emerald
green, beneath a maple tree --
A carpet, soft and cool, outstretched as far as the eye can see,
Nature's handiwork abounds! Breathe deeply with dismay
And listen to the sounds of Spring; the Earth is alive today!
The chatter of robins building
their nest, above, in the maple tree,
The hum of the traffic passing by, the neighbour's dog barking
at me --
The life of the Earth beneath me, electricity in the air,
The song of new birth and regrowth -- I hear harmony everywhere!
Does the grass make a sound
when it grows? Can you hear things turning green?
Is there a cosmic harmony, now aware to us, from the unseen?
Awakened from slumber, the bulbs now stir, and stretching with
all their might,
Small shoots reach up -- until at last -- they feel they have
touched the light!
No need have I to travel afar
to understand what He's planned --
Surrounding this maple, Life's active, in full, right here, on
this wee piece of land!
Wherever man is he can listen and look; activity of Life he will
find--
Beyond the senses man's Soul is renewed when Spirit guides
the mind.
~Doreen (Adams) Ellis
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